“The reason you see some sympathy among the American public for
them is the grave concern — and it’s a legitimate one — that
blue-collar workers, lower-income workers, are having a harder
and harder time rising,” the former Pennsylvania senator said at
a presidential campaign stop. “They talk about income
inequality. I’m for income inequality. I think some
people should make more than other people, because some people
work harder and have better ideas and take more risk, and they
should be rewarded for it. I have no problem with income
inequality.

“President Obama is for income equality. That’s
socialism. It’s worse yet, it’s Marxism,” Santorum said.
“I’m not for income equality. I’m not for equality of result —
I’m for equality of opportunity.”

“The key in America is that people can rise, that there are
opportunities to move up. In that area, America is falling short
now. We are not as income-mobile as even some western European
countries, according to a lot of the data. So that is something
that as Republicans we should be talking about and be concerned
about.”

The line will certainly play well with Iowa's conservative base,
but in the unlikely event that Santorum pulls off
a miracle in the Hawkeye State, this will undoubtedly be
sound-bited against him.